South Africa

EFF aims to introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament

today9 January, 2025

Background

 

In S.A, the EFF says it will introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament. From 2017 to 2024, national student debt grew from around eleven-billion-rand to approximately 17-billion-rand, averaging an increase of two-billion-rand each year. The EFF’s, Sihle Lonzi, says the bill seeks to clear all student debt and establish a qualification registrar, which will be a central government body that takes over the distribution and administering of qualifications and certificates:

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen